LABOUR
KXGLISIf COTXpX STRIKE. / Press A«vsoeiation-By Telegraph-Coprright LONDON, October' 17. Ihe Ha Iv Mai"." states tliai the cation strike lii-' thrown 400,000 men idle,- and i-anssd a loss of 3 A millions .sterling. • A 'rn UKATKNI :n sthik k. ■ __ ' ' V SYDNEY. October 17. A general strike ut (lie Barrier' Mines •is threatened on Monday, if the managers j>ejr-ist In iheir decision to meet a nonpolitical union in conference. CANTERBURY TBTBERYARD LABOURERS. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 18. An application' has beeu.. made to the Arbitration Court by both theT employers and jamployces for an interpretation of a clause m the Canterbury Tiinberyarri Coalyard and Sawmill Employees' kward. Urn dans* refers to the employment; of yard laboiireis, the cirtployeeji contending that although yard labourers aie paid/bv the hour, they .should be considered as weekly wage men. ' " v
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13728, 19 October 1908, Page 5
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